Sunday, 1 April 2012

Writing Advice: How to Show Emotions in Your Writing

Here is a list I compiled with the help of my friends that I
use to help me express emotions when I'm writing. If you have the same habit as
me of telling the reader instead of showing, then this list may be of some help
to you. I have posted my list here to benefit anyone who finds it useful. I use
this all the time when I'm writing, and it has proved to be very popular on
writing.com, so I thought it was time to share it with the blogging world.
Please feel free to copy this and print it out if you find it useful.

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Truth Teller by Kurt Chambers is free to all readers

How can ten-year-old Charlotte ever envisage that magic really exists? The place for other realms belongs in a child’s fairy tale. Or so she thinks, until she discovers the strange shopkeeper and begins an adventure that changes her life forever.

Discovered alone in a far away forest, Charlotte embarks on a journey encountering heart-stopping dangers and real life monsters, but a far greater threat shadows her every move. Even the strength and skill of her new companions cannot protect her against a ruthless druid assassin.

But in this realm, Charlotte is not the vulnerable little girl she thought she was.

22 comments:

What an excellent post! I try to show, not tell- but sometimes it is tough to show the same emotion in a different way. This list could be very helpful. You are so kind to share it with us. Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for taking the time to write these down and for sharing. My friend and I run a memoir writing group and this is a topic we have discussed often. Since you have so kindly allowed us to copy and share I will do that with my group this week. Of course you will get the credit. Thanks again.

It's so great that you posted this for fellow writers. Sometimes it's hard to come up with new facial expressions and body indicators to show what's going on in a character's mind. These are definitely fresh ideas!! Thanks so much for sharing them ~ All the best!

The pleasure is all mine, James :) I'm glad you find it useful. I still use it myself all the time. I had lots of help from my writing forum with this list. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, it's always appreciated.

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I am a writer of children's books, (Middle Grade.) I have published the first book in my fantasy series, Truth Teller. I also have a fantasy/sci-fi novel, Unknown Reality, that I have just completed and is about to enter the submission process. I have various other books in the pipeline including a MG novel aged at younger children, The World in Johnny's Back Garden. Please click on the book covers above to read excerpts of my stories.